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Second-half tries from Fergus Mulchrone and Andrew Fenby helped secure Exiles' first victory of the season.

Irish fully deserved their win, which lifts them up to seventh place in the Premiership.

But Brian Smith's men needed to survive a late scare when Newcastle's Sinoti Sinoti went over in the corner to add to earlier tries by Josh Furno and Scott Wilson.

Juan Pablo Socino went desperately close to levelling the score when his conversion attempt came back off a post.

Thankfully for Irish, the Newcastle centre had a miserable day from the tee, missing six out of seven attempts at goal.

In contrast, Exiles centre Shane Geraghty dealt much better with the blustery conditions on the new artificial 3G pitch at Kingston Park.

After Newcastle had driven Furno over from a lineout in the seventh minute, Geraghty kicked two first-half penalties to ensure Exiles went in 6-5 ahead at half-time.

And Geraghty went on to convert both Irish's tries, missing only one attempt at goal after the ball was initially blown off the tee - conjuring memories of his last-minute miss in the corresponding fixture last season when Exiles lost 13-11.

Once again Irish's scrummaging was a highlight of their game, and Fergus Mulchrone was sent in by Andrew Fenby for Exiles' first try of the season after a period of sustained pressure and good hands by Chris Noakes.

Exiles, though, lost their way when prop Tom Court was sinbinned for pulling back Simon Hammersley off the ball as the Newcastle full-back tried to get up in support of Ruki Tipuna.

And Irish's lead was reduced to 13-10 when Scott Wilson was driven over from another lineout maul as Newcastle made the most of their extra man.

Fenby, making his first start of the season in place of injured full-back Tom Homer, went over for Exiles' second try on the hour amid howls of protest from the Newcastle supporters, who believed a pass by Blair Cowan in the build-up was forward.

Referee Andrew Small gave the try, then consulted the Television Match Official before confirming his decision.

But Newcastle came back to clinch a losing bonus point when winger Sinoti Sinoti did well to go over in the corner despite being tackled by two Exiles defenders.

And Socino's narrow miss with a difficult attempted conversion allowed Irish to see out the final three minutes and celebrate a crucial win.